The printers' copy (typescript, with manuscript emendations) of D[avid] E[ rwyd] Jenkins (ed.): Religious Societies (Dr. Woodward's 'Account') . . . ( Liverpool, 1935), in which sections of Josiah Woodward: An Account of the Religious Societies in the City of London, &c., and of their Endeavours for Reformation of Manners (4th ed., enlarged, London, 1712), were reprinted, with a historical introduction by D. E. Jenkins, dealing more specifically with Wales.

Two manuscript volumes, the first dated 1829 (watermarks 1829 in both), containing transcripts, by W[illiam] Bruce, of sermons of the Rev. William Howels preached at Long Acre Episcopal Chapel, London (eleven in NLW MS 24218iB and ten in NLW MS 24218iiB).
The sermons were originally recorded by Bruce in shorthand, then transcribed into the present volumes (see pencil note on MS 24218iB, p. 3). The main text is mostly written within a red ink frame, with marginal comments and annotations in ink and sporadic corrections and deletions in pencil. The sermons are occasionally interspersed with other material including excerpts from hymns by [John] Newton, [Isaac Watts], [Charles Wesley] and [James Montgomery] (MS 24218iB, pp. 137, 180-181, 293, 394; MS 24218iiB, ff. 40 verso, 66, 171 verso-172); NLW MS 24218iB also contains a title page (p. 1) and list of contents (p. 5). Of the twenty-one sermons, five were published by Bruce in Twenty Sermons by the Late Rev. William Howels (London, 1835) (MS 24218iB, pp. 7-48, 55-96, 183-230 and MS 24218iiB, ff. 1-16 verso, 41-40 verso). A subsequent volume edited by Bruce, Choice Sentences: or, Recollections of the Ministry of the Late Rev. William Howels… (Sheffield, 1849) was not seen by the cataloguer but presumably also makes use of the present volumes.

Diary, 1 May 1851-18 September 1852, of Lieutenant Herbert M[illingchamp] Vaughan, 90th Light Infantry, mostly while stationed at Ballincollig and Cork, Ireland. The diary contains an account of his various duties, his social and recreational activities, including balls, regattas, parties and picnics, and hunting and shooting.
Vaughan's company was at Ballincollig until late 1851, when it removed to nearby Cork; the regiment was sent to Dublin in August 1852 (f. 112 verso). Additionally Vaughan spent most of September 1851 on leave in London (ff. 38-46 verso) and was at home at Plas Llangoedmor, Cardiganshire, [9] October-[29] December 1851 (ff. 49-65 verso). Among the incidents recounted are the death by suicide of one of his men during an assignment to transport ammunition (ff. 8-11); [George W. Stone] performing Electro-Biology [i.e. hypnotism] experiments on some of his men (ff. 26 verso, 29 verso-30); several visits to the Great Exhibition in London (ff. 39 verso-43 verso passim); attending the Cork garrison races, [21] April 1852 (ff. 86-87 verso); and a riot by paupers at Cork workhouse, [9] May 1852 (f. 90 recto-verso). Vaughan assisted in keeping order during the Cork County by-election in March 1852 (ff. 82-83) and in Cork City at the General Election in July 1852 (ff. 102 verso-103 verso). His main preoccupation in open season was fox hunting and shooting game (ff. 49 verso-84 verso passim). A memo found loose within the volume, dated 31 July 1852 with additions to 1855, has been tipped in inside the back cover (f. 122, see also f. 109).

An Advertisement, [1795x1810], concerning animals on show at Exeter Change, Strand, proprietor G[ilbert] Pidcock (d. 1810). On the reverse side are 'Fragments - Iolo'.

A pocket book containing sermon notes in Welsh ? by, and in the hand of, [the Reverend] Lewis Williams, Wesleyan minister, London, whose name, with the date 27 September 1842, appears on a fly-leaf at the beginning of the volume. The last page bears the date 1 July 1846. Miscellaneous memoranda in English have been inserted on a few pages.

Journal, 29 July 1833-1 February 1835, of Lady Charlotte Guest, in London, Sussex, Dowlais and Uffington. Cuttings from the Weymouth Journal, 5 September 1856, are also included.

Journal, 1 January 1856-20 October 1857, of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, at Canford, London, Dowlais and Brighton.